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Environment and
recycling

Every year, 20+ million pounds of discarded holiday lights make their way
toShijiao, China(nearGuangzhou),
the world capital for recycling Christmas lights.

The region began importing discarded lights around 1990 in part because of
its cheap labor and low environmental standards.

As late as 2009, many factories would simply burn the lights to melt the
plastic and retrieve the copper wire, releasing toxic fumes into the local
environment.

A safer technique was then developed that involved chopping the lights
into a fine sand-like consistency, mixing it with water and vibrating the
slurry on a table causing the different elements to separate out, similar
to the process of panning for gold.